At least 22 primary school
children drowned on Wednesday when a boat carrying more than 40
people sank while crossing the Nile in northern Sudan, state
news agency SUNA said.
Civil defence forces were searching the waters for the
bodies of the missing children, the agency added. A female
hospital employee also drowned.
It said the boat's engine failed in a high current while it
was cross the river to a school in Kabna, a small village in
northern Sudan. The woman was identified as a hospital employee
in the village.
Sudanese media reported that the victims' bodies have not yet been found.
Villagers in the region rely on wooden boats to cross the Nile.
